David Cameron has received an advanced copy of Lord Justice Leveson’s report
into media standards, a day before it is published, Downing Street said.

About “half a dozen” copies of the report, which is believed to be “weighty”, were delivered to Number 10 today and are being read by members of the Prime Minister’s senior team.

Mr Cameron was preparing for Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons this morning and will have lunch with the Emir of Kuwait before he is able to turn his attention to the judge’s recommendations for the future of press regulation.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, will also have received a copy of the report, a Number 10 spokesman said.

Mr Cameron will make a statement to MPs tomorrow, once Lord Justice Leveson has published his findings, setting out the government’s response to the inquiry, which was set up at the height of the phone hacking scandal.

“There are about half a dozen copies which will be used by Downing Street to prepare the Prime Minister’s statement,” Mr Cameron’s official spokesman said.